Trainer Lamar Wright fighting to get his boxer’s $4K purse from Matchroom Sport after July 15 bout in Detroit
Boxer Angelo Snow has not been paid the $ 4,000 purse he said he's owed by Matchroom Sport for his July 15 fight with Jemarco Holloway. A dispute has arisen over returned tickets taken on commission. Boxing on Yahoo! Sports – News, Scores, Standings, Rumors, Fantasy Games
Putin’s spies recruiting boxers and football hooligans as Moldova braces for protests
EXCLUSIVE: Moldova’s security forces are working to thwart pro-Russian forces in the country, with mass Kremlin-backed protests expected to descend on the capital on Sunday, May 7. Daily Express :: World Feed
Libya’s boxers recover from Kadhafi-era knockout
Omar Zlitni holds a decades-old, black-and-white photo of himself as a boxer in his prime, posing in shorts and a training vest before Libya's then-dictator, Moamer Kadhafi, banned his beloved sport.Following Libya's 2011 revolution, in which Kadhafi was ousted and killed, Zlitni reunited with former fighters and worked to revive boxing, re-establishing the national federation […]
Cuban boxers set for professional comeback after 60 years
Cuban boxers will compete in their nation's first professional contest in six decades on Friday, eager to draw on their Olympic success to stage a victorious comeback. Boxing on Yahoo! Sports – News, Scores, Standings, Rumors, Fantasy Games
Iraqi women boxers aim sucker punch at gender taboos
Iraqi boxer Bushra al-Hajjar jumps into the ring, gloves raised to eye level, and strikes out at her sparring partner. Boxing on Yahoo! Sports – News, Scores, Standings, Rumors, Fantasy Games
Shakur Stevenson’s advice for young boxers
Shakur Stevenson is a brilliant overall talent who, even early in his development, is already one of the best pound-for-pound fighters in the world. Boxing on Yahoo! Sports – News, Scores, Standings, Rumors, Fantasy Games
Fights resume in Nicaragua because ‘boxers have to eat’
With the world pretty much devoid of sports events because of the coronavirus pandmeic, boxing resumed in Nicaragua on Saturday night with a televised eight-fight card in front of a live, though sparse audience in Managua. The three deaths (reported so far by the Ministry of Health) came from outside and nobody within the country […]
Female boxers like Shields deserve their due
This is a golden era for women's boxing in terms of talent, but not money or exposure. Claressa Shields and Showtime may be changing that. Boxing on Yahoo! Sports – News, Scores, Standings, Rumors, Fantasy Games
Italian boxers describe ‘truly horrible’ London attack (The Associated Press)
LONDON (AP) — Italian Olympic boxer Vincenzo Mangiacapre demonstrated Thursday how an unidentified attacker killed a policeman on the grounds of Parliament in front of the shocked members of his boxing team. Yahoo Sports – Boxing News
Pro boxers N’Dam, Ruenroeng qualify for Rio despite losses (The Associated Press)
Professional boxers Amnat Ruenroeng of Thailand and Hassan N’Dam of Cameroon have won spots at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics despite losing in the final qualifying tournament in Venezuela. Ruenroeng and N’Dam both advanced far enough in the tournament to qualify for Rio even with losses in Friday’s bouts. The 36-year-old Ruenroeng was stopped in […]